College Football Playoff schedule: Arizona State-Texas leads New Year's Day bowl games
New Year's Day has traditionally been one of the best football-watching days of the year.
This year should be even better.
In the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, there are three CFP quarterfinal games on New Year's Day. The three games are being played at traditional bowl game sites: the Peach Bowl in Atlanta; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
The other CFP quarterfinal game was played on New Year's Eve, a 31-14 Penn State victory over Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl (Phoenix).
Update: Sugar Bowl Postponed
Because of a deadly truck attack that killed at least 10 people in New Orleans early Wednesday morning, the Sugar Bowl has been postponed. Notre Dame and Georgia were scheduled to play in New Orleans on Wednesday night in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. They will now play on Thursday night.
New Year's Day College Football Bowl Schedule
Peach Bowl: Arizona State vs. Texas, 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Ohio State, 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
Sugar Bowl Update: Notre Dame vs. Georgia on Thursday, Jan. 2 at 5:45 p.m. PT/8:45. p.m. ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
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Ben Sherman has been covering the sports world for most of his journalism career, including 17 years with The Oregonian/OregonLive. One of his favorite memories was covering the 1999 Fiesta Bowl - the first BCS National Championship Game - at Sun Devil Stadium.